Global Freedom Movement – Blog: Media under pressure in Afghanistan

Danish Karokhel,
who won a CPJ International Press Freedom Award in 2008, messaged this morning
concerned that the news agency he runs, Pajhwok
Afghan News, and some other media outlets have been referred to the Attorney
General’s Office by the Ministry of Information and Culture for reporting on an
alleged bribery scandal involving a member of Parliament. The action was taken
by the ministry’s Media Monitoring Commission, and could lead to criminal
charges.